phd fellow

Seble Shewangizaw

Addis Ababa University

Seble Shewangizaw is a Psychologist who holds a Bachelor of arts degree in Psychology and a Masters in Public Health, both from Aksum University, Ethiopia. She is currently a doctoral fellow at Addis Ababa University funded by the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI).

Her main research interests are in the areas of depression and non-communicable diseases, improving mental health care quality and access, mental health care policy and psychosocial interventions.

Seble’s doctoral research is focusing on post-stroke depression and the burden of care givers of stroke survivors in Ethiopia. She aims to investigate and get a better understanding of post-stroke depression in Ethiopia.

The African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) is part of the Wellcome Trust's programme for Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) in Africa. AMARI's overall goal is to build an Africa-led network of future leaders in mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) research in Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe.